Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa: A Study of Organizations and DevelopmentTaylor & Francis US, 1998 - 294 pages First published in 1998. This is Volume XIII of eighteen in the Sociology of Development series. Originally published in 1969, this book is a study of organizations and development of two rural development projects by the author whilst working in the Administration in Kenya: a grazing control programme and the Mwea Irrigation Settlement. |
Contents
The Significance and Study | 3 |
The Background and Origins | 15 |
Environment and Origins | 43 |
Changing the Land | 59 |
Ruling the Settlers | 83 |
Organizing Production and Growth 19601966 | 103 |
SETTLEMENT SCHEMES AS ORGANIZATIONS | 137 |
StaffSettler Organization | 163 |
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